Robert Kravitz

It is believed the use of citric acid as an antifungal or antibacterial began thousands of years ago, long before the use of bleach was used for the same purposes.

With a better understanding of respiratory droplets, cleaning professionals can help minimize contact with disease-causing droplets and keep building users healthy.

Post-construction cleanup offers a potentially lucrative add-on service for BSCs looking for new revenue streams.

Contaminants collected on mops in one facility can spread to another facility or different areas making mop care ever more important.

Organizations worldwide have developed antimicrobial disinfectants that they claim, when misted onto surfaces using an electrostatic sprayer, can inactivate viruses such as the novel coronavirus for as long as 90 days.

Researchers continue to study how long the SARS-CoV-2 virus can live on surfaces. As different surfaces and study conditions have lead to various results, the cleaning industry needs to continue its diligent cleaning and disinfection, keeping in mind disinfectant levels that are safe for building occupants.

In the post COVID-19 restroom, keeping a six-foot distance between restroom patrons is ideal. With that in mind, here are some design changes cleaning professionals should expect to see.

Some cleaning professionals now service fulfillment centers—large warehouses where workers pack, ship, and ultimately fulfill customer orders. Based on recent developments, these cleaners may be onto something big.

A new law requires all large- and medium-sized airports in the United States to provide a private, hygienic space in each terminal for nursing or pumping mothers.

Process Cleaning for Healthy Schools® (PC4HS) is designed to combine the best of zone cleaning with Team Cleaning®, or as it is sometimes called, group cleaning. With this approach, cleaning workers work as a team, but each worker has specific duties: trash collection, vacuuming, restrooms, etc.